M. Stanley Whittingham

Background

A British-American chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry (2019).

Contribution

Developed the first functional lithium battery in the 1970s using an intercalation cathode, establishing the concept behind lithium-ion cells.

Associated inventions

• Lithium-Ion Battery

Collaborators & contemporaries

• John B. Goodenough
• Akira Yoshino

Sources & further reading

Each citation names the publisher and the exact reference title.

• The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 — Goodenough, Whittingham & Yoshino (lithium-ion)The Nobel Prize · Professional body

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